I agree with the other reviewers that this is surprisingly good. Peter Lorre is especially good and he would have made a great Bond villain in the film series. The image quality is poor, it's true, but considering when it was made, it's passable. Calling Bond "Jimmy" is amusing, but wasn't Woody Allen's character (James' nephew) in the 1967 "Casino Royale" also named Jimmy? All in all, an important piece of forgotten Bond lore.

Hearing and seeing James Bond as an American and Felix Leiter as an Englishman is a bit jarring at first, but this isn't a bad adaptation of Fleming's first Bond novel, especially when you consider they put the majority of the story into just 51 minutes. Lorre makes a good Le Chiffre, and it's a bit of a shame he didn't get to play a Bond villain in a bigger budget production.

To be honest, I haven't seen a single episode. It looks interesting, but so far the hands do not reach to look. But looking at your reviews, it's worth a look.

"Casino Royale" é uma adaptação televisiva ao vivo de 1954 do romance homônimo de Ian Fleming, de 1953. Um episódio da série de antologia dramática americana Climax!, o programa foi a primeira adaptação de tela de um romance de James Bond, e estrelou Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre e Linda Christian.

Embora isto marque a primeira aparição na tela do agente secreto, Nelson's Bond é interpretado como um espião americano trabalhando para a "Combined Intelligence Agency".

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Atores incríveis, melhor trabalho de diretor. Tais atores são até mesmo difíceis de encontrar em nossos tempos!

I like this version a little less than its successor. In general, the story is closer to the novel, and watching the American "Jimmy" Bond played by Barry Nelson is fascinating.

There are some major liberties taken in this version of Casino Royale (most notably combining Vesper and Mathis into "Valerie Mathis," changing the torture scene, and switching up the nationalities of the characters) but very few of the changes can't be justified based on the format. Overall, the story is truer to the novel and seeing Barry Nelson's American "Jimmy" Bond is fascinating. The only complaint from a viewers perspective is that there is a notable drop in video quality shortly before the end. One has to remember that this was once considered lost and footage was pieced together from two sources. Without this lower quality footage, the ending would not exist. Since this version does end differently from both the novel and the 2006 version of the film (and the 1967 film is "Casino Royale" is an even further deviation from the original story), losing the end would be a real tragedy for anyone examining how different cultures and times viewed Ian Fleming's iconic character. Besides, one can't argue with a version of James Bond that can be enjoyed in only 51 minutes.

Season 1, episode 3.
Original air date: 21 October 1954.
Cast: Barry Nelson (James Bond/ Jimmy Bond), Peter Lorre (Le Chiffre), Linda Cristian (Valerie Mathis), Michael Pate (Clarence Leiter), Eugene Borden (chef de Parte), Jean DeVal (Croupier), Gene Roth (Le Chiffre`s Henchman), Kurt Katch (Le Chiffre`s Henchman) and William Lundigan (Host).
From IMDB.
First on-screen appearance of James Bond.